Councils deciding planning applications via video
Government brings in rule change allowing council members to meet remotely for the first time
Housing Secretary slaps down Mayor Khan’s London Plan
The “intend to publish” draft London Plan is “inconsistent with the pro-development stance that we should be taking”, said Robert Jenrick.
Jenrick outlines ‘planning for the future’ reforms, with new rights to replace disused buildings with new homes
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has set out another raft of proposals designed “to bring Britain’s planning system into the 21st century.”
Plans lodged for 550 new homes at Bethnal Green’s gasholders
St William has submitted a proposal to build 550 new homes in and around the Bethnal Green gasholders.
Plans drawn up for a ‘fairytale’ private house in Camden
Cloud House in NW5 “might have been conjured up by Walt Disney”.
Native Land wins approval for more homes at Bankside Yards
Phase Two of the £1bn Bankside Yards riverside tall tower cluster will now deliver 341 homes, up from 232.
Green light for Grosvenor’s Bermondsey biscuity factory build-to-rent scheme
City Hall has granted planning permission for one of London’s biggest build-to-rent developments; the former Peek Frean biscuit factory site in Bermondsey will deliver over 1,500 new rental homes.
Buckinghamshire planners OK ‘futuristic’ super-prime green belt mansion
Southern Grove has secured planning permission for a “£10m” ultra-modern mansion near Gerrards Cross.
‘One in ten’ new homes have been built in flood risk zones
Almost 85,000 new homes have been built in flood risk areas in the last five years, according to Government data mined by The Guardian. NFU Mutual, meanwhile, estimates that the cost of insurance claims for the recent Storm Ciara will reach £20m.
Church floats surgery-to-mansion development on Connaught Square
A planning application to return a Grade II listed townhouse on Connaught Square to residential use has not gone down well with locals.
Birmingham planners approve Britain’s first ‘super slender’ resi tower
211 Broad Street in Birmingham will rise 37 storeys, but will be just 9.5 metres wide.
Eric Parry’s rejected Dolphin Square revamp heads to appeal
Westbrook Partners is appealing Westminster’s dismissal of its revamp proposal for Dolphin Square in Pimlico.